Are you stuck in your midlife career? It’s super common to feel stuck and confused in your midlife career. You were probably pretty content for decades. And, what seems like all of a sudden, you’re not content anymore. To make matters worse, you may not know what to do about it. Like you…my life...
Continue readingTime to hire a midlife transition coach?
Are you thinking about hiring a midlife transition coach? Hiring a coach is a great idea when you feel stuck. And it’s not a surprise to feel stuck in midlife! Here’s the thing: A lot goes on in the midlife years. There are so many ups and downs and hormonal everything. Career angst. Empty...
Continue readingTime to Make a Midlife Career Change?
Is making a midlife career change right for you? My real question to you is…is it ever the right time to take a career risk? To follow your dream? To regret-proof your life? You may not think so…for so many reasons! Some might say that midlife complicates things like your career. You know, all...
Continue readingWhere Are You on the Celebration Continuum In Midlife?
Do you think it’s time to celebrate? How do you answer that question about making time to celebrate more in midlife? Is it different than you would have answered 10 years ago? It’s one of those questions that no two people will answer the same way. Some of us think it’s ALWAYS time...
Continue reading50 Ways to Celebrate Life after 50 – You’re the perfect age for more fun!
There are many ways to celebrate life in midlife. The way you think about celebration and identify what is celebration-worthy is subjective. It’s up to you. Something weird can happen in midlife though, especially after 50. Fewer things can seem celebration worthy, for one reason or another. So…we celebrate less. I think that’s...
Continue readingMidlife Lessons from a Mulberry Tree
Midlife lessons are everywhere and sometimes they are surprising. I saw something pretty interesting last week with my Mulberry tree. One day it was full of leaves. The next day, it had none. It dropped ALL of it’s leaves over night. One night. It was standing there naked when I noticed it in the...
Continue readingWhen it’s Fun to Be Scared
When you’re scared in midlife, fear can be interesting…and sometimes even fun. I did something scary. It felt scary when I thought about doing it over the last few years. It felt scary when I made a commitment to do it. It felt scary when I hired help to get it done. It felt...
Continue readingA New Way to Be Hot in Midlife
For the first time in midlife, I want to be hot. It’s the strangest thing. I never saw this coming. I resisted it at first. But I couldn’t avoid the cold hard truth that in Toronto, a cold winter is coming and there’s nothing I can do about it. Or is there? Enter…the elusive...
Continue readingIs it Finally your Time?
Do you catch yourself thinking it’s finally your time in midlife? Do you even know what I mean by that? I wonder. I want you to wonder. Just for a few seconds. YOUR TIME means taking time and prioritizing your personal priorities. You might think of it as SELF-CARE. You might think of it...
Continue readingHow to Break Midlife Habits
Habits can be hard to break. Especially in midlife. Do you know how habits develop? Habits are just practiced behavior that eventually become involuntary; midlife habits can be hard to break. Whatever you practice becomes a habit. What you practice DOING becomes a habit. What you practice NOT DOING also becomes a habit. This...
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